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TIL that the majority of the time, the “Catfish” is the one who initially contacts the hit TV show MTVs Catfish

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lPO7 TIL that the Big Mac had two previous names: “aristocrat” and “blue ribbon burger”, both which failed in the marketplace.
gpl8 TIL Abuse of the smoke signal is known to have contributed to the fall of the Western Zhou Dynasty, 8th century BCE. King You of Zhou had a habit of fooling his warlords with false warning beacons in order to amuse his queen. When an actual rebellion occurred, no one came to the aid of the king.
Q4AE TIL If uncoiled, the DNA in all the cells in your body would stretch 10 billion miles—from here to Pluto and back.
NDMQ TIL that in 2010, a woman named Lori Ruff committed suicide. Her husband’s family found a box among her possessions that contained name change documents and the birth certificate of a long-dead two-year-old girl. However, the true identity of Lori Ruff has now been discovered!
xvrk TIL that between 50-100 Americans currently use a plutonium-powered pacemaker. They are to be returned to Los Alamos upon the owner’s death.